Rail-joint.



J. w. FRY.- nm. JOIN'1. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1910.

' 980 233 Patented-Jan. 3,1911.

JOHN W. FEY, 0F SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application filed July 15, 1910. Serial No. 572,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. F By, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Shreveport, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints and has for its object to provide improved means whereby the meeting ends of the rails will be firmly supported and thus prevent the car wheels from pounding while passing over the joint.

A further object is to provide a joint, the parts of which can be readily assembled and constitute means for positively holding the meeting ends of the rails against lateral displacement relative to each other.

l/Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail joint, parts thereof being broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on line AB Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line C-D Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bridging late used in connection with the joint. Flg. 5 is a perspective view of the filling blocl Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 and 2 designate the meeting portions of rails, the heads of these rails being arranged close together, but the webs and base flanges thereof being cut away at their ends along upwardly converging lines, the ends thereof being indicated at 3. A trape- Zoidal filling block 4 is fitted snugly between the end portions of the rail webs and base flanges, this block being formed with base flanges 5 corresponding with the flanges of the rails. One side of theblock is located in the same plane with one side of the webs of the rails, but the other side of the block projects beyond the webs of the rails and into a recess 6 formed in the middle portion of a fish plate 7 The other fish plate 8 is not recessed but fits snugly against the webs of the rails and against the blocks 4, both of the fish plates being securely held in place by means of bolts 9 or the like extending through them and through the blocks as well as through the webs of the rails. A transveisely extending groove 10 is formed in the top of the block 4 and is adapted to receive a rib 11 formed transversely upon the lower face of a brid ing plate 12. This plate has slots 13 extending into the ends thereof and adapted to receive the end portions of the rails 1 and 2, the said plate being interposed between the heads of the rails and the fish plates 7 and 8.

In assembling the rails and connecting them by means of the parts which have been described, the webs of the said rails are in sorted into the slots 13 and the middle portion of the plate 12 is thus brought between the webs and close to the heads. The block 4 is then inserted between the rails and elevated so as to bring the rib 11 into the recess 10. Fish plates 7 and 8 are then placed at opposite sides of the rails, the blocks projecting into the recess 6 in the fish plate 7. By then bolting the parts together in the manner shown and described, all of them will be securely held together and the meeting end portions of the rails will be properly supported and held together.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing an of the advantages of the invention as de 'ned in the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with rails having the ends of their webs and base flanges cut away, of a filling block interposed between the webs and flanges, a bridging plate extending between said block and the heads of the rails, said plate straddling the webs of the rails, and means for securin the block against lateral displacement re ative to the rails.

2. The combination with rails having the ends of their webs and base flanges cut away, of a filling block interposed between the webs and base flanges and having a recess in the upper end thereof, a brid ing plate extending between the webs anc between the block and the rail heads, said plate havin a projecting portion detachably mounte within the recess, the end portions of said plate being slotted to receive the ends of the rails, and means for securin the block against lateral displacement re ative to the rails.

3. The combination with rails having the ends of their webs and base flanges cut away along upwardly converging lines, of a filling block interposed between the base flanges and Webs and having a recess in its upper face, a bridging plate interposed between the rail heads and the blocks and having a projecting the recess, there being slots in the ends of the plate for the reception of the rail Webs, and fish plates secured to opposite sides of:

the Webs and to the block, there being a portion detachably mounted Within 

